When the United States entered World War I in 1918, Seattle nurse Abbie Ewart trained with other nurses at Fort Lewis, near Tacoma, for service as Army nurses. Several months later, the group sailed from New York City to France where they cared for the sick and wounded at American Base Hospitals 43 and 47, and at Evacuation Hospitals in Germany, before returning home to Seattle in June 1919. In this photo, Abbie Ewart (far left) poses with her colleagues from Base Hospital 47, including Nell Brown (second from right) and Adelaide Woods (far right).

Handwritten on verso: World War I - Army Nurses Unit #47 Base Hospital. Abbie Ewart on far left. Nell Brown second from right. Adelaide Woods far right.

• Subjects (LCTGM): Hospitals World War, 1914-1918--People; Military nursing; Nurses; United States. Army; World War, 1914-1918--People
• People: Brown, Nell; Watkins, Abbie Ewart, 1889-1977; Woods, Adelaide